It has come to my understanding that some are posting links to this site on an Internet forum called 4chan.

I was tipped off to this by an email by “Jay Jay”

Recently a site called 4chan (google it) has had a post in their /b/ section asking the members there to vote for weather the baby should be aborted given birth to. The poster bribed the people who saw the thread with nude pictures and other suck things.This defeats the purpose of free voting.

You may or may not know of this site called 4Chan.It was on this site i found out about this poll( sites full of random things)Anyway, The site is full of people who have a deeply disturbed sense of humor (me to a little), and all the users are voting to abort just for a cheap laugh, so if your serious about doing what the poll decides, then you’ll just be entertaining a bunch of psychotic individuals. I beg you not to get an abortion just because of this poll.

First, I just want to say that I am not a fan of silencing voices, weather or not I agree with what they are saying.

Now, my first instinct is to remove the poll completely, as in a few days we have seen the total number of votes jump from 547 (Give Birth: 428, Abortion: 119) to 1390 (Give Birth: 625, Abortion: 765). Clearly it has swayed pretty far in what looks like one day’s worth of activity.

The more I thought about it however, the more I felt the vote needed to stay up. The whole point here is to let people have a real way to voice your opinion on the topic of abortion and have it actually make a difference in the real world. By voting on whether to continue or abort an actual pregnancy, you are doing so much more then simply telling an elected representative your feelings. You are actually changing something in the real world.

What we’ve said our About This Site page still rings true: We would like to keep you informed on our pregnancy as if it was your own; posting our thoughts and feelings as we struggle to make this decision. We would like you to see what we see and feel what we feel. We invite you take this journey with us as we contemplate our own options and encourage you to utilize this site to vote and voice your opinion in a way that will have a real consequence… in a way that truly matters. Here, your vote will not go unheard.

We will not take down this vote because some do not take it seriously. We all know this to be true with our current election system as it sits, and accept it. I will however, not allow duplicate votes. Poll Daddy, thankfully weeds a good portion of duplicates out and includes reports I can run to help me decipher any duplicate votes that made it through based on IP address, cookies, and timestamps.

For the first time in history, your vote on the topic of abortion will not go unheard. We meant that.

You know, it appears that one of the most incredible things in life is to be able to have a husband and wife come together to conceive a child. There have been so many ways that people have figured out how to do this: invitro, surrogates, and many more. Although I cannot even fathom what you two may be going through in regards to having three failed pregnancies, the fact that you are allowing people whom you don’t know make this decision for you is in my opinion a really poor choice. I mean, this is about pro choice or pro life and whether or not you agree to one or the other is unrelated to the fact that you are letting a bunch of strangers decide if you allow the pregnancy to run its course. Isn’t it a bit of a cop out to let others decide what you two have started? This is decision that should be made by husband & wife – not by 1,390 people (as of your last post). Choosing to have a child was your decision as a couple – by having sex on a regular basis you have taken it into your own hands to determine if you will have children – that is a natural result of sex, isn’t it? So now that you have made a wonderful miracle of life – why let other’s decide if you will or will not allow it to go to term.
Think of what COULD happen if you allow this pregnancy to continue – you COULD have a beautiful healthy baby, you COULD watch that child grow to an incredible person, and you COULD have the opportunity to nurture a new life. Also – you COULD have another miscarriage.
Think of what WILL happen if you allow strangers to decide that you terminate this pregnancy. You WILL NOT have a beautiful healthy baby, you WILL NOT watch the child grow into an incredible person, and you WILL NOT have the opportunity to nurture a new life. Also – you WILL NEVER know if you can carry a child the full term of the pregnancy.

Letting others make those decisions for you? I don’t know – to me it seems irrresponsible and cruel to allow yourselves to be affected by so many strangers.

Whatever your decision – remember this – you will have to live with it for the rest of YOUR lives – no one else has to live with the decision – you do.

I don’t know if you believe in God or not – but I believe there is a higher power – and with higher power – there are also higher laws – you are breaking the higher law of agency in doing – this. You are not using your God given right of the means to use free choice – you are letting others take it away from you who have no direct responsibility to you or your decison.

I wish you all the best and hope you use your free choice and agency to make this decision for yourselves.

It is sort of sad that you are basing a decision that concerns you and your partner on a complete set of strangers. I am pro choice, I really am. But it seems very wrong to disguise this poll as a ‘way to be heard and make a difference” when it just seems like a cowardly way of making a decision. Your child-to-be’s (or not) existence should be determined by your personal choice, circumstances and not be justified on a basis of making a “difference”.
I would have hated it if i found out my parents had a public internet poll to decide if they wanted to have me or not.
I sincerely hope you make the right decision as adults for the right reasons. Creating a ruse of “opening a debate of abortion” or “your vote on the topic of abortion will not go unheard” to allow others make your decisions doesn’t seem very adult-like or thoughtful to me.
Good luck.

If you’re going to let strangers decide if your child lives or dies you don’t deserve to have a child!! A baby born at 20 weeks can survive and you’re considering aborting at that stage. You’re a disgrace and i pity your unborn child.

I think you should have the baby, but give it up for adoption, as I cannot stand to think that you will be parents to a child that you took a vote whether to have or not.

That’ll be some conversation…”Mom, why did you guys decide to have me?” “oh, that’s easy, honey, it was because 54% of Voters said to”…….

Whether this is your way to prove to people how important voting is, or whether this is a Pro-Choice statement, or even Pro-Life statement, it’s sick to use your unborn child as the lab rat.

I hope once the final vote comes in that you feel you’ve accomplished something…you truly have…you’ve accomplished making me feel sick and angry. YOU 2 are what is wrong with the world.

After miscarriages, one would hope that you would view this pregnancy as a miracle, as your chance to become the parents that apparently at one point you wanted to become.

It sickens me that you are letting others decide this..and if it is a hoax, it’s just as sickening….especially to someone like myself who has been married for 5 years and hasn’t been able to conceive yet…women who want to have children and cannot….you are experiencing the miracle of life….and you’re playing games with it…no matter what your agenda is, it’s horribly disheartening that this is how you choose to get your message heard.

I will not be checking back to see how this ends up…..I don’t want to know. You should be ashamed of yourselves…taking the coward’s way out….NO politician is going to take notice or change anything because of this….and in the end you may end up losing a child for nothing.

If you do decide to abort, if that’s the way the vote goes…please do us all a favor and get yourselves “fixed.”

What a desperate attention seeker. You’re probably some overweight, pimple faced 40 year old walmart employee who has never been touched by a man, let alone get pregnant. You’re so depravied and desperate for attention your feeble mind thought of a quick way to get the attention you so obviously lack.

Is there a vote option for going back in time and having your mom get an abortion? If so, thats how I cast my vote.

I am sorry that you cannot make the decision for yourselves without posting it out on the internet. Your baby is a little person inside you, it may not have rights but if you were in any doubt, why try for a baby in the first place?

The procedure for a termination at 20 weeks is unspeakable. If you are going to abort, do it asap. You will have to live with the fact that your baby will be pulled apart inside you and having it’s skull crushed while fighting for it’s life.

I am fully pro choice but leaving it this late will haunt you forever. If you do abort, please both of you be sterilised. If this is a hoax, I am even sorrier for you.

It will certainly be interesting to learn the results of the poll and how it will be spun in the media. I sincerely believe the vote will end with the decision to keep the child, as it will be far easier for most people to vote for life than vote for death, when given the option. This is a fascinating social experiment. Well done.

A contract killing of a baby at any stage of gestation, let alone a second or third trimester baby that is obviously displaying human behavior in the womb such as thumb sucking and smiling, will cause a lifetime of remorse and regret, likely prolonged severe depression.
Furthmore, abortion is a proven major risk factor for breast cancer and premature birth in a later planned pregnancy. Premature birth can cause autism, cerebral palsy, and other medical complications, including infant mortality during the first year of life.
There are more risks and adverse effects to both mother and child from abortion, know them all. An abortion without complete informed consent is a coerced abortion.
In the USofA, most abortions involve some type of coercion, and are therefore illegal.

I cannot believe that you are doing this. You have already miscarried and have had ample opportunities to decide whether or not you wanted a child. You chose this. You chose to continue to get pregant. Interesting that you didn’t consider a 3rd option…adoption. It’s obvious that you do not want the child, much less a child, otherwise you wouldn’t be considering abortion. It disgusts me, how selfish and flippant you are acting. I am so saddened by this. This is how you view life. I cannot belive that you think this is acceptable. Were you sad when you miscarried about the potential life you lost? or were you relieved? If relieved, shame on you for getting preganant again and treating life so cheaply. Life is always a miracle. Abortion is always sad.

I’m torn. On one hand I don’t think you guys should get an abortion because clearly you are in a position where taking care of the baby wouldn’t be a problem. And you guys had unprotected sex so that’s not an accident, that’s planned.

But at the same time I feel like maybe you guys shouldn’t be having children at all if you are leaving a big decision like this up to strangers on the internet. My mother says, “the internet is forever” because if you post something, try as you may, it will always be there. I would hate to think of how your kid might feel when they find out that you guys left it’s life or death up to strangers. Nothing screams “we love you” like that. I mean how can you say that you love this child and post a site like this. It’s hypocritical.

Also having an abortion could greatly reduce your chances of ever having another child. Is that something you are willing to give up for the sake of politics?

I don’t think what you guys are doing is profound. You aren’t opening anyone’s eyes to this hot button issue. No one on here is really upset at you for wanting an abortion or not. They are upset because you are treating it like it’s so arbitrary.

You guys are nothing but the flavor of the week. The fickle internet is going to vote on this and come this time next year, whatever the outcome, you will be forgotten. The consequences you will have to deal with (raising this child with this or not) ultimately is not going to be shared with anyone who voted. It will be for you to bear. This won’t be some eye opener for anyone but you.

This is not only utterly transparent, it’s beyond pathetic. This is the best cash grab you could come up with and the problem with the internet is that anyone can use it. Regardless of whatever you “decide”*, you must understand that from the moment you created this website, your lives are going to get worse. You will be hero’s to no one and make no monies, even after you “choose” to keep this child, and remember that they will eventually find out how you “choose” to market such a loaded issue in such a revolting way. Keep up the awesome parenting!

You people are disgusting. A child is a gift given to you by God. Are you HONESTLY in a position to say you know better than him? I don’t think so. You should have the baby BUT give him/her up for adoption. There are people in this world who can’t even have a child and would do anything for one.

Babies depend on their parents to provide the most basic things any human or animal needs; shelter, food, and love. If you cant even show enough respect and love make this decision between the two of you then you obviously don’t deserve a little miracle at all.

Like everyone else, I really hope this is a joke. If not, you should know that your reasons for not wanting a baby are completely normal reactions to any pregnancy. When I found out I was pregnant, I was extremely excited. After everything set in and I start to realize the changes that would be happening, I also starting realizing that I was going to have to change things, that I didnt want to change. Purely selfish reasons too! I want to stay thin, I want to be able to go party, I want to spend time with my husband! These are things that will go through your mind no matter how you feel about the pregnancy. These feelings alone though should not dictate whether or not your baby is allowed to live! They are normal reactions. Allowing strangers to make such a personal and private decision though is not progressive, or open-mindedness or even a dedication to constitutional rights. At best its you making excuses for your lack of responsibility. People do not need a say in your personal life. You and your husband are entitled to your rights. WE (all of your voters) have no constitutional right to force you to do anything, as your poll implies will happen. I will not vote either way on your poll, because that should have been left to you and your husband. But I will definitely give an opinion. You have ultrasounds up of your child and have given it a baby name already! Baby Wiggles! Let this little piece of you have a chance to see the world, and before that show him/her that his parents had some sense of personal responsibility by shutting down your poll. There is no doubt in my mind that you will come to regret an abortion, but I promise you, PROMISE YOU, you will never never regret your little baby. Killing your own baby will undoubtably take away a piece of you and your husband forever.

You two are the scum of the earth. You’re idiots. I’m pro-choice, but I still voted for you to have the pregnancy. But I think you should give it up for adoption, because clearly you are going to make HORRIBLE parents. Are you going to have every decision as parents made up for you through internet polls?

If you’re trying to make some big “pro-life” statement, let me tell you… you mean nothing. This poll means nothing. You’re not going to change anything in the world. You’re just going to embarrass yourselves, and potentially your future child. This is pathetic self exploitation.

Man up, make your own fucking decisions.
And the fact that you deliberately got pregnant again, just so you can see if people want you to abort it, that’s disgusting. If you didn’t WANT to have a baby, you wouldn’t have gotten pregnant. You would’ve used birth control, or had your tubes tied, or something.

This is one of the more transparent “pro-life” stunts EVER.
I prefer the term anti choice these days and things like this just cement that decision.
What is the role of the mother in this scenario. Just an incubator while you expose her to the worlds judgement?
Where is the choice?
Where is the loving support that is needed for any woman (and her partner) going through miscarriage?
Who the hell NAMES an embryo before deciding to abort or not?
Who gets a weekly scan?
Who twists motherly feeling and maternal instinct to fit THIER agenda and to he’ll with the distress they cause others?

A womans right to an abortion is based around CHOICE. well done for missing the point completely!!

I hope everyone votes to keep it..That way your stuck with your mistake and hopefully the kid looks back and see’s you gave its life up to a internet poll and it takes your lives. 🙂 have a great day. Your both the weakest link.

I read about this website a few minutes ago on another website, and I had to click the link to see of this was actually real! I don’t understand why you need the opinions of random people to help decide if you are going to keep your unborn child. Are you not attached to it? You clearly see the life in all of the pictures you’ve posted? A baby is such a blessing. IDK how you can put something so serious on a website and actually give weight to it. I’m not meaning to fuss, just extremely curious as to why you would do this. It’s rather disgusting. If you decide to keep the child, will you tell him/her about this website? “Your mother and I started a website to ask people if they think we should have you or not.” Crazy. I don’t think the child would be very pleased with that conversation! This is childish, and a great waste of time. Maybe you don’t deserve to have this baby. The child may be better off if born to some parents who truly care for it. God bless you, and may you do whatever is best for the child you foolish, foolish people.

I pray to GOD that IF you have this child, that protective services takes it from you! You people are SICK! This child deserves a right to LIVE. How could you even do this poll? What is wrong with you??!! I delivered a stillborn baby at just 20 weeks. She was complete- eyelashes, finger nails, eye brows, toes, every part of her complete!!! How freaking SICK can you be to abort now? Why not at 6 weeks or even 8? To let it go this far is MURDER! You make me want to PUKE and I can only pray that this child lives or that you face murder charges. May God intervene in this situation and bring you to your knees to know HIM and to know what you are doing is WRONG!

ARE YOU SERIOUS? NEITHER ONE OF YOU ARE READY FOR A BABY IF YOU HAVE TO POST A PAGE ABOUT WANTING TO KEEP YOUR BABY OR NOT! WHY DID YOU INVOLVE THE PUBLIC INTO YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS? you both messed around.. therefore you got pregnant! HOW NAIVE CAN A COUPLE BE? Have the baby and give it up for adoption! At least he/she will have parents that fully love them, and want them! you two should of used protection if you never knew if you were ready or not for a child! how selfish can two people actually be! You both are nuts!

I’m not voting on this because I’m pro-choice and that doesn’t mean I’m pro somebody choosing for me – I’m pro someone making their own choice. But this just isn’t right. I’m also not pro abortion as a form of birth control. It is something to be woefully thankful for – not casually thankful for. I’ve had children, a miscarriage and an abortion. I was also alive when abortion wasn’t legal. It bothers me greatly that when abortion was legalized, it became seen as something no more serious than a root canal – painful but you’ll get over it. Let me assure you – if you value life, even if you are pro-choice – you will some day realize how serious a consideration this is. I feel sorrow for the infant you are carrying – please, if you don’t want it – give it up for adoption. Some one out there will value it. And again, I vote pro-choice all the time. It is a right to choose – don’t take it casually.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do NOT kill your own child. You wanted the public to make this decision for you so here you go, i hope you listen to these words closely.
Abortion should not be a CHOICE. Its a CHILD NOT A CHOICE!
You made a CHOICE to have SEX and God created life within you!~ A BEAUTIFUL AMAZING MIRACULOUS HUMAN BEING, your SON or DAUGHTER.
If you are having doubts about whether or not you can handle being a parent or having a child, then its an EASY decision, carry the baby, give birth to the baby and give the baby to a family who is not able to have a child and so desperately wants one, its called ADOPTION. PLEASE CHOOSE LIFE.
I read your posts and it sounds to me like you want to have this baby, you have NO REASON not to! Your life will change for THE BETTER. And if you want people’s opinions on what you should do, for Godsakes, why ask a bunch of people you dont know who come across this website, go to a priest or minister, talk to friends who you know personally. I seriously dont believe you are going to let the public decide this for you, but it looks as if the majority wants you to choose life and seeing how you have already seen your baby on ultrasound and are halfway through your pregnancy and most likely feeling your child kick and move inside of you, the fact that you are still considering an abortion is really MESSED UP. This isnt funny, this isnt a game, this is a human being, abortion is MURDER.

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